Attachment for ladies  satchels



(No Model.)

H. S. ORAUS. ATTAGHMENT FOR LADIES SATOHELS.

Patented July 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. CRAUS, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEWV YORK.

ATTACHMENT FOR LADIES SATCHELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,996, dated July 16,1889.

Application filed April 22, 1889. Serial No. 308,073. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY S. CRAUS, of Mount Vernon, \Vestchestercounty, State of New York, have invented an Improved Attachment forLadies Satchels, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device adapted to be secured to ladiessatchels, work-boxes, &c., and which serves for the retention of thespools and other utensils which it is desirable for a lady to have athand when at home or when shopping or on the road.

The invention consists in the various features of improvement more fullypointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a face view of a ladys satchelopened to expose my attachment. Fig. 2 is a back view of the plate b.Fig. 3 is an end view of the attachment; Fig. l, a side view of sheathg; and Fig. 5, a cross-section on line .12, Fig. 1.

The letter a represents a ladys satchel, work-box, or similar device,carried about or used by a lady.

To the inner face or lining of the satchel a there is secured, by meansof hooks Z), a faceplate b, which constitutes a permanent attachment ofthe satchel.

c c is a bent spring-wire, which is hinged to plate I) by means of lugsb partly stamped out of plate Z), and coiled up to encircle one of theshanks of wire 0. The spring-wire a is bent into such a form that it hastwoparallel shanks and that its two ends meet. One end is made into ahook 0, into which the other end 0 may be snapped. If the ends 0 c aredisengaged, the spools may be slipped upon the wire, after which theends are interlocked to retain the spools in place. \Vhen the satchel iscarried about, the wire 0 will hang down, as in Fig. 0; but when thespools are to be used the wire 0 is swung forward at right angles to theface-plate Z), so that the wire maybe unhooked and the spools readilyremoved.

In Fig. 1 I have shown the wire swung up, in order to expose thefaceplate I) and its other attachments.

e c are a pair of pockets secured to plate 1) by means of prongs U, andadapted to hold the needle-books f.

g is a sheath for retaining the scissors. This sheath has a hook g atits upper end, by which it is suspended from Wire 0. It is, moreover,secured to the plate Z) by hooks 9 passing through perforations of theplate, as more clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that my improved attachment enables a lady to carry withher, in a compact and convenient form, the most essential utensils of awork-box.

\Vhat I claim is 1. The combination of a satchel or workbox withface-plate I) and with wire 0, hinged thereto and adapted for thereception of spools, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a satchel or Workbox with face-plate Z) and withspring-Wire c, hinged thereto andhaving parallel shanks and interlockingends, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of a satchel or workbox with face-plate Z) and Withwire a and sheath 1! having hook g, substantially as specified.

&. The combination of a satchel or workbox with face-plate l) and withWire 0, sheath g, and pockets 2, secured to the face-plate,substantially as speci lied.

HENRY S. CRAUS.

Vitnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, WM. WAGNER.

